Histoire; Archéologie : 

Étymologie : 

- A) MEDIONEMETUM : 

* Rivet & Smith, p. 416-417 : 

SOURCE
- Ravenna, 107₅₄ : MEDIONEMETON

DERIVATION. For the first element, see MEDIOBOGDUM; for -nemetum, see AQUAE ARNEMETIAE. The sense is '(place) in the middle of the sacred grove', or since that seems unlikely for the site of a fort, 'middle grove', perhaps halfway along the length of the Antonine Wall (though there is no certainty that Ravenna is defining such a fort despite the heading of its section), or midway between two natural features.

IDENTIFICATION. From its position in the list next to Colanica (? Camelon - see COLANIA), it is tempting to identify this with the remarkable shrine of Arthur's O'on, Larbert, Stirlingshire (NS 8782), on which see K. A. Steer, Arch. J., cxv (1958), 99-110, and RCAHM Stirlingshire (Edinburgh, 1963), 35 and 118. As is there suggested, this may have been a tropaeum or victory monument associated with the campaigns of Antoninus Pius and so would be likely to achieve mention; its Celtic name could have been given by Roman auxiliaries. This seems preferable to the identification with the purely barbarian Cairnpapple suggested by S. Piggott, PSAS, LXXXII (1947-48), 118.

>>> "Comme il est suggéré, il se peut qu'il y aurait eu un trophée ou monument de victoire associée aux campagnes d'Antonin le Pieux dont il pourrait marquer le terme; son nom celtique pourrait lui avoir été donné par les auxiliaires romains". (trad. JCE)

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- B) Pour Arthur's O'on : 

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- C) Pour Larbert : 

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Sources : 

* A.L.F RIVET & Colin SMITH : The Place-names of Roman Britain. Batsford Ltd. London. 1979

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